Psalm 144
Of David.
1Praise be to the Lord my Rock,
who trains my hands for war,
my fingers for battle.
2He is my loving God and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
who subdues peoples144:2 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Jerome and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text subdues my people under me.
3Lord, what are human beings that you care for them,
mere mortals that you think of them?
4They are like a breath;
their days are like a fleeting shadow.
5Part your heavens, Lord, and come down;
touch the mountains, so that they smoke.
6Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy;
shoot your arrows and rout them.
7Reach down your hand from on high;
deliver me and rescue me
from the mighty waters,
from the hands of foreigners
8whose mouths are full of lies,
whose right hands are deceitful.
9I will sing a new song to you, my God;
on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,
10to the One who gives victory to kings,
who delivers his servant David.
From the deadly sword 11deliver me;
rescue me from the hands of foreigners
whose mouths are full of lies,
whose right hands are deceitful.
12Then our sons in their youth
will be like well-nurtured plants,
and our daughters will be like pillars
carved to adorn a palace.
13Our barns will be filled
with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields;
14our oxen will draw heavy loads.144:14 Or our chieftains will be firmly established
There will be no breaching of walls,
no going into captivity,
no cry of distress in our streets.
15Blessed is the people of whom this is true;
blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.
Zaburi 144
Mfalme Amshukuru Mungu Kwa Ushindi
Zaburi ya Daudi.
1144:1 Mwa 49:24; 2Sam 22:35Sifa ni kwa Bwana Mwamba wangu,
aifundishaye mikono yangu vita,
na vidole vyangu kupigana.
2144:2 Za 59:9; 91:2; 18:39; 27:1; 37:39; 43:2; 18:2; Amu 4:23; Mwa 15:1Yeye ni Mungu wangu wa upendo na boma langu,
ngome yangu na mwokozi wangu,
ngao yangu ninayemkimbilia,
ambaye huwatiisha mataifa chini yangu.
3144:3 Ebr 2:6Ee Bwana, mwanadamu ni nini hata umjali,
Binadamu ni nini hata umfikirie?
4144:4 Ay 7:7; 27:3; 14:2; Isa 2:22; 1Nya 29:15; Yak 4:14Mwanadamu ni kama pumzi,
siku zake ni kama kivuli kinachopita.
5144:5 Za 18:9; 57:3; 104:32; Isa 64:1; Mwa 11:5Ee Bwana, pasua mbingu zako, ushuke,
gusa milima ili itoe moshi.
6144:6 Hab 3:11; Zek 9:14; Za 59:11; 68:1; 7:12, 13; 18:14Peleka umeme uwatawanye adui,
lenga mishale yako uwashinde.
7144:7 2Sam 22:17; Za 3:7; 57:3; 69:2; 18:44Nyoosha mkono wako kutoka juu,
nikomboe na kuniokoa
kutoka maji makuu,
kutoka mikononi mwa wageni
8144:8 Za 12:2; 41:6; 26:3; Mwa 14:22; Kum 32:40ambao vinywa vyao vimejaa uongo,
na mikono yao ya kuume ni midanganyifu.
9144:9 Za 28:7; 96:1; 33:2-3; 71:22; 69:1Ee Mungu, nitakuimbia wimbo mpya,
kwa zeze yenye nyuzi kumi nitakuimbia,
10144:10 2Sam 8:14; Za 18:50; Ay 5:20kwa Yule awapaye wafalme ushindi,
ambaye humwokoa Daudi, mtumishi wake kutokana na upanga hatari.
11144:11 Za 3:7; 25:20; 18:44; 41:6-7; 12:2; 36:3; 106:26; Isa 44:20Nikomboe na uniokoe
kutoka mikononi mwa wageni
ambao vinywa vyao vimejaa uongo,
na mikono yao ya kuume ni midanganyifu.
12144:12 Za 92:12-14; 128:3; 4:4; 7:4Kisha wana wetu wakati wa ujana wao
watakuwa kama mimea iliyotunzwa vizuri,
binti zetu watakuwa kama nguzo zilizoviringwa
kurembesha jumba la kifalme.
13144:13 Mit 3:10Ghala zetu zitajazwa
aina zote za mahitaji.
Kondoo zetu watazaa kwa maelfu,
kwa makumi ya maelfu katika mashamba yetu;
14144:14 Mit 14:4; 2Fal 25:11; Isa 24:11; Yer 14:2-3; Law 26:17maksai wetu watakokota
mizigo mizito.
Hakutakuwa na kubomoka kuta,
hakuna kuchukuliwa mateka,
wala kilio cha taabu
katika barabara zetu.
15144:15 Kum 28:3; 33:29Heri watu ambao hili ni kweli;
heri wale ambao Bwana ni Mungu wao.
